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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-10-06
-EEA.a.cAL AEcHLIECEcEE

The French ha7e taken : sep il the di-
.sctior Of reform il theatrical arca.:se-
t1rs which should BE- ns6e note Of il
this COUNTY,. An order VS. some time
ago promulgated il Paris directing The
manner OF building tasats-s and opera
houses. TIE leading IDEA seems rather
The prevention Of 5-5 than ns1f-alizirg
the dangers Of panios arising from them.
To this end the building * ordered 70 bs
made ss resr 1rs-Proot Is iron and
stone 0: brick esn make il. Everything
IL and about the auditorium : 70 Be iron.
and tie p-o=esli1n-sn partitions OF
and about TIE stage, are 70 be OF i-on, O..
some ron-conb1stible material. Even
the scenery l. 70 Be rendered fire proof
By the application Of chemicals. No
boxes s-e 70 Be allowed or the stage, III
less b. special permit. So much for the
prevention Of fires. When q IRE has
occurred and = panic enszed. provis-
ion Is made for easy exit By swinging the
doors 10 al entrances on the outside. and
removing al distractions on the stair
ways, which are TO contain 10 angles that
can rstsrd syress.
This system appears 70 be az improve
usrt which should be adopted il this
country, since the bsst way 10 prevent
pauics az theatres, and the tranpling Of
people TO death, is 70 prevent the fsss.
The best way 70 do this Is 10 make the sn-
-i-e t-5l5iry -rE-r-ooE
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-10-06
From GEORGETOWN.

Special Telegram TO the Statesman.
GEORGETOWN. October 4.-Some CT y
good people Of Williamson seem 10 p
a loss 10 account for the defeat OF PIOI.
bition in Tennessee, and are unvlAns
believe that the wandering Jim BLAINE I
his BROTHER republicans had anything
DO with the prohibition movement.
M. Harry Mendel and ". T. Rooefls s.,
esq OF Taylor, were in the city yesieiu 4.
Capt ". P. Kelley, Of Paris, one OF 4
lessees Of our city water works, is here,
Mrs. r. 4. Chadwick and daughter ~ ~
Mamie, wEo have been visiting -
HemPhiI, Of or city, leave this e'en'''
for Austin.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-10-06
Mrs. Cleveland's Face in Profile.

II. Rajon's portrait OF Ms. Cleveland il
issued Is supplement TO ;he July Studio.
The distinguished etcher has chosen the
least agreeable yiss OF the lady's face-a
strict prohle-aud has exaggerated the
one defect he found in il. The subject =
a difho7lt one, AID he has 70; su-Eounted
the difficulty be had TO ooute1d with. The
face he gives u i hardly handsome one.
Technically, the work i clever. but It i
deficient in spiIit.-Ihe Critic.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-10-06

Taylor Andrews. manager OF the Gsh
City Base Ball cl7b. at Denison. will leaN
TEesday t0c Fort Worth, where be goes q
accep; 8 position. He VIII BE- accom-
panied by Fsrris Cox, the "lsft-hsna
player" Who has not m1fed ball Of
famed this season.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-10-06

An enthusiastic crematiorist proposes
10 build crematorium somewhere IN ihsl
western par: of this state. he had bsttsI
call i by another name if be doesn't van
20 have i; mistaken for e creamery by th'l
farmers il that district.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-10-06

The most efHcscious siinllants TO ex-
cite the appetite are Angostura Bitters,
prepared By Dr.. J. G. B. Siegert Il Sons.
Beware OF counierfeits. Ask your grocer
or druggist for the genuine article.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-10-06

generally selected from the Peaeeab!e.
laz-sbiding CLASSES Of society, a. the! are
under the Law, the safest parties 70 at
tack
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-10-06

Henry Irving writes that ito alleg
seriously tina; Bacon wrote Shskespesfeh
sboat as reasonable ss TO say that Shake;
speare wrote Bacon, O. that Queen Ellis
beth wrote both"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-10-06

Don't disgust everybody By hawking
blowing and splitting. but use Dr.. Siges
CstgrTh Remedy and be cared.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-10-06

The best pill ever used, Is the fire
o1sat remark OF purchasers Of Carter:
Little Liver Pills. When YOU try then
yol will say tha same.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-10-06
One
Car
Seed
Rye
JAQuA 4 Co.

Daring the month of August Bsaumoal
shipped 1852 cars of lumber, ana ~
firm alone now has orders for l2VOOV'l
feet.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-10-06

The pecan crop of Texas is unususiP
large this year.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-10-06
Malaria.

Fred. Browns Jamaica Ginger viii rel
hsve any sudden attack OF mslaIiSl
Never 90 10 { malarious district wIih'
out il.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-10-06

The brotherhood of brakeman, IN COZ
vention 81 Fort Worth, adjourned FrldS
10 meet in that place next August.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-10-06

There are several delegations in town al
ready and Others aye expected to-day.
The governor yesterday received
telegram announcing that Senator
Reagan would be here Friday 70 advocate
tie claims OF Palestine.
Chartered: The Kyle Water company
capital. $4,000. Ireorpora.oEs: z. Hell
nan. Z. J. SIe5Ee, J. y. " hiseDant- ". ".
Pezvy. J. L. Hay, J. J. Bsrbee.
ConptroIle, Mccall has issued the to--
loving circular:
EXECUTIVE DEF4ETXEST,
OFFICE OF COMPTROLLER.
DE4E SIZE - Referring 70 the report
which xii be due at this Office from yoUr
compal! OF the first d.! Of October next,
I beg 10 call your attention 10 that Psri OF
article 424s. revised statutes, referring 70
the sales OF land donated ,! the state 70
railroads, il which il L required that each
corporation shall report the sales OF lard
donated b. the state AID the quart:;! -
naming 1lsO!C.
Yo1 vi.I observe that the purpose o.
this statute = . enable the officers q tue
Government and the legislature 20 deter
mine whether the conditions OF ne grant
Of lands have been complied with II rs-
spec; 70 alienation.
therefore have 70 request tia. Il tue
forthcoming report in October. and II IL
: e reports. mat you give the date OF sale
OF each ;ract and the person 70 whom sod
b ieay 30 describing i tha; !; nay Be
identified.
II This connection viii say alienation
as regarded oy the state, i an 1IcoLcl-
tons! disposition Of the property.
Ia= laws DO 10: regard mortgage g
81 Alienation. AID the Constitution to-bics
TIE recognition Of Uere.! colorado
alienation.
The information asked foc above ) Of
g-=a. importance 20 the state. ara I -
quest mat the same Be embodied II al
future reports.
Yo1. attention i called 10 TIE following
provision o. the revised civil statutes OF
This state: Article 1850. Any such cor
poration which snail neglect 70 make such
report shall Be liable 10 Z penalty OF one
thousand dollars, 20 be sssd for il the
ug-= OF th= state"
Respectfully.
JSo. D. Mccall,
Comptroller.
IL this same connection Is published
% 4
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-10-06

Dallas Is infested with crooks and
burglars.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-10-06
A-s F-cII--.
JSC. D. Mccall,
CoEptrolsc.

II this same connection Is published
the following opinion OF Atto.ney-Gsneral
Ten pletoc:
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-24
The Presidential Veto.

During the life of the Forty-ninth
Congress 1872 bills were vetoed, or 81
more than the total number of bills
vetoed from the foundation of the Gov
eminent to the beginning of that Con.
gress. These facts do not indicate that
the President has made an unworthy
or unwise use of his prerogative. 1t
appears that Congress invited the
Presidents action by hasty and ill-ad-
vised legislation and that his action was
in many cases the result of more care
full inquiry than some of his predeces-
sors were willing to make. The list of
vetoes would be still more salts
factory to fair and unbiased men,
and possibly to the President himself,
if it were longer. The action of Con-
gress concerning the vetoes is in itself
further proof that they were well con-
sidered, for only two of the vetoed bills
were passed in spite of the Presidents
objections-a private pension bill and
bill for public building. An exam
pie of the hasty legislation which in
evitably leads to veto messages may be
found in the proceedings of the Senate
on March 1, when fifty-seven private
pension bills were passed in just TWEEN
ty-five minutes. These bills were not
even read. They were accepted upon
the report of a worthy Senator who
maintains at his own expense kind of
private pension bureau which grinds
out reports by the dozen.-N. Y. Times.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-24
Unidentified Haste.

1t is part of the duty and power Of
the President to negotiate treaties. 1t
is the privilege of the Senate to ratify
or reject such treaties. But for the
first time in the history of the coun-
try cheeky Senator has proposed to
tie the hands of the President before
the treaty is negotiated. Here is res
olution introduced into the Senate by
the distinguished mackerel Senator
from Massachusetts,:
That it is the judgment Of the Senate that
under the present circums tances no negotia-
ton should be undertaken with Great Britain
in regard to existing differences with her prov
ince of Canada, which has for its object the re-
duction, change abolition Of an of our exist
ing duties on imports
This is nice specimen of gall, in
deed. Why can't the lordly Senate
wait until it is called upon to act in the
regular constitutional wayp What
hurt will a Presidential treaty do until
the Senate has acted on it in the regu-
lar wayP The Senate need not be in
such frightful hurry to assert its
rights. There is plenty of time for it
to knock treaty into cooked hat for
any whim it chooses to entertain. -Des
Moi,aes Leader.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-24
NEWSPAPER DRIFT.

The action of the HOUSE in refns-
ing to hold communication with the
Senate prevents the Soldiers Monu-
ment bill from becoming law. This
bill was first proposed in the Senate
and unanimously passed. 1t was sent
thence to the House, where it was also
passed. President Smith and Governor
Gray are both ready to sign it, but the
House withholds it, thus preventing its
becoming law. The ex-soldiers Of
the State will hold the Republican
party responsible if the bill fails of be.
coming a law because of the foolishness
of the House Republicans.-Iadi
State Sentinel.
The Portland (Me.) Advertiser
(Rep. }, discussing the appointment Of
colored men to Office in the District of
Columbia, remarks that ''times have
changed" and goes on to say: "Mr.
Matthews has been twice rejected for
the ostensiblc reason that he was not q
resident of the District, but really, as
every body knew. he was a black Dem
ocrat." It adds: "Au the objections
raised against Matthews apply to Trot-
ter. Frederick Douglass was citizen
of New York when he was first nomi-
mated for the same place, and nobody
seems to have thought of objectlng on
that account" $685.. :.
An interview with Public Printer
Benedict, in the Washington Post,
shows that the work Of the office was
never in q more forward condition. He
was accused, by some Republican SEN
ators, of being behind in some of the
bound copies of the annual reports
of the secretaries, when the delay is
caused in the departments from which
Government printing Office is to re-
ceive maps and illustrations and to
await proof reading and indexing by
the officials. Compared with last year
the work is very far advanced. Mr..
Benedict, since he took hold of the
Office, has infused energy, industry,
order and regularity into it, which it
never knew before. His work shows
most conclusively the excellent judy
ment of the President in selecting him
for position to which he is in every
way well qualified. The opposition to
his confirmation is the result of sheer
envy, partisanship and malice. albany
ATOUS.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-24
A Few Administration Acts.

Next in order of Importance among
the acts of the late Congress after the
bills regarding the Presidential success
sion and the electoral count and the
bill repeating the Tenure-of-O Office act
is to be ranked the Interstate Com
merce bill-an experiment in Federal
legislation regarding railways, the
workings of which will be awaited with
great interest. The law grating lands
in severalty to Indians marks a long
step forward in the solution of the
Indian problem. The passage of bill
authorizing building for the Con-
gressional library is cause for congrat-
ulation. The act referring all private
claims, which have long occupied an
unreasonable share of the time of Con-
gress, to the Court of Claims is an inn
portant measure of reform in legis-
lative methods. The steady improve
ment in the postal service receives
another impetus in the acts extending
the free delivery system to allplaces of
10000 inhabitants and reducing the
fees on postal money orders.-M 7.
Post.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-24

than his brief words as, dropping be-
hind Polly and her father, he followed
t.,em at respectful distance
g This is Main street." explained
Polly, turning a beaming face upon
him, as, leaving the wharf, they en-
tered the village itself.
"Oh!' said Tad, filled with amaze
ment, and thinking how funny it all
was-the narrow plank walk, the grass
growing green by the wayside, with
cows-real live cows!-feeding on it!
Tad caught himself wondering what a
country COW would do in Philadel-
phia street-say Broad street, for ex-
ample! And then, too, every thing
was so quiet. Occasionally farm
wagon rolled leisurely by, or an OK
cart, with a brown-faced man, in shirt
sleeves, sitting sideways on the cart
tongue, jolted slowly along. Tad, who
had never seen any oxen before, re-
garded them as a probable new and su-
perior breed of cows.
At little intervals along the street,
great elm and maple trees were grow
ing-trees whose shade in summer
nearly hid the quaint old houses behind
them from view Just now their
branches were bare, but the warm
April sun which shone down through
them suggested that soon they would
begin to throw out shoot and bud. Al
ready some bluebirds and robin or
two were comparing musical notes in
the tree-tops. as they discussed the
shortest passages from the south, or
began laying their plans for spring
housekeeping.
A little further on stood the one
store and post-otfice combined, then
came the town pump, the school-house,
a small church with a square tower like
a sentry-boX, and then
"Our house." rapturously cried Pol
ly, and, dropping Bounce, who wad-
died along after her as fast as his short
legs would carry him, she darted
through an open gateway and up a
trim gravel walk, and was directly
afterward infolded in the motherly
arms of Mrs. Flagg, who was short and
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-24

| Before the facts so found the committee Is o
| the opinion that Mr.. Walker, in June, 1884. dur
| Ing that term of his office as State Auditor
which expired in January, 1885, in violation o.
section 649S of the Revised Statutes OF thu
State, became interested in the said contrac,
Tor convict labor, and continued to be SO inter
ested therein from that time until. during his
second term of office as State Auditor, he, in
december, 1886, sold his interest in the stock OF
| the Standard Shoe Company
In making the inquiry into this charge. the
committee examined as far as evidence could
be procured into the conduct of Mr. Walker
as inspector OF the penitentiary, toward the
standard Shoe Company but could not find any
evidence tending to show any special action
touching the officers of said company, except
mat at one time it appears Mr.. Walker advised
mat the STANDARD Shoe Company's working
force should be increased from sixty to seventy.
hVe men; and in January 1886, the then warden
OF the penitentiary Mr.. Marmaduke, with the
approval Of two inspectors, Messrs. Walker
ana Boone, entered into a contract with the
Standard Shoe Company by which the work
ing force OF the Standard Shoe Company act
ing under the contract so assigned to it by the
Mysenberg Shoe Company, was increased from
sixty to eighty-fve men, at forty-fve cents per
man per day according to the orig nal con-
tract) for the first sixty men, and fifty cents
per day per man for the additional twenty five
men. This increase however, appears from
the evidence to have been more to the interest
Of the State than of the Standard Shoe Com
pany.
Further. the committee find that afterwards,
on the 5th of March, 1886, the Standard Shoe
Company, representing that said increase was
an unbearable burden, asked of the warden to
be relieved therefrom, and therefore the
warden recommended to the inspectors that an
abatement, holding the Standard Shoe Com
pany to only sixty men for q short time, should
be granted, to continue only until improve
ments in business would warrant the employ
ment OF the whole force Of eighty Ave men.
1t is the belief of the committee that Mr..
Walker did not at any time use contemplate
using his power as Inspector to enable the
Standard Shoe Company, to in any way wrong
the State, and that his conclusion is in accord
ance with the evidence as to his conduct during
the time he was interested therein.
The report is signed by all the members OF
the committee, as follows: John w. Booth,
Chairman; A. N. Bodine, A. S. Smith, L. r.
Knowles and c. w. H Miller. The two latter
are Republicans.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-24

ness were within easy reach OF the
Government, has passed by. The
statements of defalcations and swind-
ling of all kinds are to be found in the
public records, and form 1ncontro-
vertible and damning evidence against
the party that controlled the Govern
ment and allowed official rascality to
sprout, come up and grow to luxuri-
ant maturity.-Al6any argus.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-24

defaulters and swindlers to Justice.
Er u,ao disco ona7ses. So secure did the
gang of rascals who so long fattened
upon the Government feel in their long
immunity from punishment, by the
strong grip they held on those who
might have eught them to justice,
that they did not realize for Ions time
the consequences of the change from a
corrupt to an honest Government t.
When they did realize they formed a
combine" against Mr.. Cleveland and
his Administration, a tribute to honesty
rarely paid Chief Executive of this
Nation. Where most of the creatures
of the lobby congregate there will be
heard angry mutterings against the
Administration. When agents of rot
ten corporations sit down together are
heard curses deep and loud.
The Democratic Administration has
so well fulfilled its first and most inn
portant duty, the publication of the
Government, that the scandals that
produced such a fruitful harvest every
year have ceased to exist. 1t needed
| only an Administration that believed
in business principles and honest exc
cution of the laws, dominated by res
| olute, fearless man. to bring about the
| change. To the Democratic Admins
tration is due the reform that pervades
every branch of the public service; to
the Republican Administration is due
the failure to punish those who robbed
the Government. The time when the
biggest rogues could be punished,
when documentary evidence aud wit
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-24

CHAPTER V.-CoNTINUED
"For this and all other mercies the
Lord make us truly grateful" said
Captain Flagg, reverently, as he took
on his oil-skin hat, in which it was
popularity believed he slept while
yoyaging over the main.
This was his invariable form of
thanksgiving, as soon as Bixport wharf
was sighted, and with its utterance
Captain Flagg dove into the cabin,
there to throw aside, with his seafaring
attire, the weighty responsibilities of
the voyage.
len minutes later, as the Mary j."
neared the wharf, where half of the
residents of Bixport seemed to have
assembled, Captain Flagg reappeared
on deck in his go-ashore suit, consist
ing of tall hat, a crumpled suit of
navy-blue, and 1ow-quartered shoes
highly polished. In a commanding
voice the Captain gave the necessary
orders for bringing the schooner along
side the wharf. Down came the dingy
sails, and half-dozen pairs of hands
were extended to catch the lines
thrown from the deck Enthusiastic
were the greetings extended to the
ships company, for the quiet of the
little inland village had never been
disturbed by the locomotives scream
or the sound of steamers paddles,
and the arrival of the only sailing
packet between Bixport and Boston
was an event of considerable impor-
lance. There were on board at least
three large boxes of dry good, case of
millinery, hogshead of molasses, and
other groceries in proportion, for Mr..
Jones, the store-keeper; Mr.. Allen, the
minister, had a package of books;
'Zlas Mason, new harness, and
Deacon Whitney, moving machine
the first of its kind ever seen i'll Bixport.
Among those assembled on the
wharf, Tad noticed boy about his own
age, dressed in a well-worn suit of
tweed. He had curly hair, pair of
very laughing blue eyes. turn-up
nose and freckled face. Most promi-
nent in voice and action was this youth,
who, upon catching sight of Eph, per-
formed shuttle suggestive of delight,
and in a very audible voice called out:
90 Hooray-three cheers for Ephraim Small,
First mate. second mate, crew and air."
"That's my cOusin-Joe Whitney"
laughed Polly, as Master Joe proceed
ed in vigorous pantomime to express
unbounded joy at seeing Polly, who
waved her hand in recognition.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-24
CHAPTER V.-CONTINUED.

tCopT'ghted, 1886, By D. Lotarop d Co., and
Published By Special Arrangement